Terms starting with “S”

A specific set of cryptographic algorithms suitable for protecting both classified and unclassified national security systems, classified national security information, and sensiti...

An information assurance (IA) or IA-enabled information technology (IT) product that: a. Uses National Security Agency (NSA)-approved public standards-based security protocols. If...

Summary data is data that is aggregated or summed up. For example, data that shows how many votes each candidate received in a certain precinct is summary data. Contrast with "raw...

A screen of a or Internet ballot that summarizes the voter's choices and provides for DRE amending the choices.

The "certification supplied by the election jurisdiction to each precinct on which to record the information required by Minnesota Statutes ... and any other information requested...

A tape that is printed by an electronic voting machine or optical scanner at the closing of the polls, which shows the number of votes cast for each candidate and for and against e...

"OPERATIONAL with representative users and tasks to measure the usability (defined TESTING as effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction) of the complete product. ... The purpose o...

See "IEOPC - Independent Expenditure Only Political Committee" on page 3.

1. The encrypting of already encrypted information. 2. An encryption operation for which the plaintext input to be transformed is the ciphertext output of a previous encryption ope...

The chief county or municipal election authority in Georgia. "Either the judge of the probate court of a county or the county board of elections, the county board of elections and...

The New Jersey county official who administers voter registration and has custody of voting machines.

In a hierarchical public key infrastructure (PKI), a certification authority (CA) who has certified the certificate signature key of another CA, and who constrains the activities o...

In Delaware, the is composed of Superior Court judges. BOARD OF CANVASS

The scheduled or unscheduled replacement of COMSEC material with a different edition. Source: NSA/CSS Manual Number 3-16 (COMSEC)

See privileged user.

An official who is responsible for election administration.

In New Hampshire, an OFFICER. A member of any "board of registrars or similar ELECTION body performing the functions of registering voters and correcting the checklist in cities."...

The "electronic card to be used by the poll manager which is inserted into the DRE unit in order to configure the DRE unit for voting, to test the DRE unit, to terminate or suspend...

A generic name for a computerized system that is capable of gathering and processing data and applying operational controls to geographically dispersed assets over long distances.

A generic name for a computerized system that is capable of gathering and processing data and applying operational controls over long distances. Typical uses include power transmis...

In Missouri, one of two responsible for returning ballots and after an JUDGES TALLY SHEETS election. Mo. Code §115.491.

Official information about your ballot issued from an elections office, after an initial ballot pamphlet has been mailed.

Additional petition sections, after a master document has been issued with information about measures, initiatives, referendums, or candidates used to gather signatures from regist...

Additional pages added to an official register of electors entitled to vote at an election, used to verify and check in voters prior to issuing them a ballot.